diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index bd6a32b815..7b5f59e0f1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -2738,7 +2738,7 @@ static const char *preferredMachines[] =
 G_STATIC_ASSERT(G_N_ELEMENTS(preferredMachines) == VIR_ARCH_LAST);
 
 
-void
+static void
 virQEMUCapsAddMachine(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
                       virDomainVirtType virtType,
                       const char *name,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
index be83b13ab5..06b36d2eb8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
@@ -103,19 +103,5 @@ virQEMUCapsStripMachineAliases(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps);
 bool
 virQEMUCapsHasMachines(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps);
 
-void
-virQEMUCapsAddMachine(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
-                      virDomainVirtType virtType,
-                      const char *name,
-                      const char *alias,
-                      const char *defaultCPU,
-                      int maxCpus,
-                      bool hotplugCpus,
-                      bool isDefault,
-                      bool numaMemSupported,
-                      const char *defaultRAMid,
-                      bool deprecated,
-                      virTristateBool acpi);
-
 bool
 virQEMUCapsHaveAccel(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps);